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DLTCH PAPERS. MADRID, Auc. I.—Advices frbm Brlona, dated the 25th of last month, contain the ..ollOwing 'tnielligence _ _ _ " General Pino, in consequence of orders•from General St. Gyr, marched with :the •Italimdivision on the .town of San Felice de Quixols, and attacked: the enemy, who had entrenchedrAlin'self . on the heights which command the townyand,appeared de termined .to defend himself in that position to the/ last extremity. But the attack was -..,ade with such ardour and intrepidity that the. insurgents took to flight. In this action their cannon were-taken, and more 4,han tiro hundred men killed. The second reinvent of light infantry, the sixth of 'the line, anci the dragoons of Napoleon, distinguished them selves the same day. General Pino re6eived.orders to make himself master of Palamos. Ten gun-. boats, a demi-galley, and two brigs of the enemy, opened a terrible fire, When they perceived the 2d regiment coming down to the coast. The General caused the artillery to be ranged on the beach, and a brisk cannonade soon compelled the vessels to stand out to sea. The enemy's troops, pursued by our. columns, hastily descended from the heights to. regain their ships; but. the insurgents having no means of retreat, were almost all killed or drowned. In the town of Palamos were found 16 pieces of cam non, and a thousand muskets.' The taking of this town, and 'of Sim Felice, is.of the more importance, ,as these two ports served as a retreat to the privateers and other vessels of the enemy, which crnized and intercepted our.convoys. These same ports will now afford an asylum to the French vessels, and secure the communication of Barcelona with France along the whole coast.. • BRESLAU, AUG. 9.—The Russian and Polish armies - in Gallicia are distributed as follows : the Russians occupy that part of. Gallicia which extends from the environs of Sandowir to the frontiers Of the Buckowine. The Polish corps, under the command of General Hebdowsky, occupies the environs of San to Karezew, five miles from Warsaw, and as tar as Pilica. That under the orders of , General Raininiecke is posted from the environs of Karezew to the Bug. The head-quarters of Prince Ponia towSki are at Cracow. A corps of 6000. Russians occupies'Bochnia, whereare the famous salt mines of Gallicia.. • PARIS, AUG. 12.7—The communication made to. the Senate in the Sitting of the 'l4th of this month, - by his Serene Highness the Prince Arch-Chancellor of the Empire, and the report of his Excellency the 'minister of War,, have acquainted the nation with the fresh attempt made by the English, the aim of their Expedition, and its first results. It is known that this Expedition is apparently only against our neigh bours and allies, but . their interest is so closely in terwoven with ours, 'and the enemy's attacld on Zealand are so evidently connected with his projeCts against the Scheldt and Antwerp, that the 'public opinion cannot but be strongly engaged by these events, and the public must be desirous to know nut only the whole, but also, if ' possible all the particulars of that expedition. 'At the moment when this opinion renders itself conspicuous by numberiess (tails of public spirit and attach., knent throughout all classes of French Citizens, and by sacrifices of every description, by an unani mous submission to the measures adopted by the publit authorities for the common delence, and by a general cry of war against the English ; at the moment when, these emotions, • truly national, oppose considerable forces to the . enemy, .in places which hesupposed he should be able to sur prise in a defenceh-ss state, and permit the Emperor's army, while it c.mpletes its grand work, .to depend on the fi..;elity and courage of another army, sprung up, as it were, from the territory which u is to-de fend, it is of vl;ry tua[eriJl importance to satisfy that opinion, to fortify and enlighten it, and to inform our enemies that on this memorable occasion -.they will see all their delusive hopes destroyed for ever, which they had conceived with regard to, the public sentimentsin France, and the extent of the means of government, which relate to the 'operations on Scheldt, shall be communicated to the ,public in their natural order, either at full length, or by ex traas, according to the degree of interest and im portance attached to them. COPY OF A REPORT, MADE AUGUST I, BY THE MI NISTER AT WAR, TO THE EMPEROR AND SING. I had the honour, by a Report of the 31st of last July, to render the Emperor an account of the appearance and movements of the enemy's fleet on the side of Flushing, and of the measures hitherto adopted for the defence of the Scheldt. J have this morning had a conference with the Minister (if, the Marine,who thinks it necessary that all the troops which can .be drawn from the garrison of Paris, should provisionally be ordered to march to the Scheldt and Boulogne. In consequence thereof I have ordered Gen Hullin to order this day the half brigades of reserve to march, one moiety to Luzan ber, and the other to Senlii. These troops will find in both places waggons to convey them to their places of destination. They. who march to 800-. logne will reach it on.the 4th of August; the half brigades which march from Senlis to Gbent will.he there the sth of August, and proceed from thence to the Scheldt. I have ordered several battalions .ind squadrons of the second military division to nlarch to the coast of Boulogne. .All these orders had been sent off, when I received a telegraphic dis patch from General Sauzanne, informing me that he has ordered all the National Guards of the Depart ment of the North to proceed in waggons to the Isle of Cadsand, independently of those under General Rampon, who are marching in the same direetion. Pursuant to these diipositions, the troops employed on the coast will in three days form a considerable force, exclusive of the gendarmes, the companies of reserve, and the Officers of Customs, who have also been called out. In addition to these troops, I have .also ordered the provisional battalions and squadrons of the 24► h, 16th, 2d, and 4th military divisions, to join and repair in waggOns to Antwerp with the ut mast speed, " I have charged the General of Artillery, "St.. Laurent, whose health is pertedtly restored, and who happens to be in Paris unemployed, to hasten to Antwerp, thence to the Scheldt, and the Isle of Cadsaud, to dire& the service of artillery, and ascer tain the state of the batteries. He is also charged to insped the attilleiy of the coast of Boulogne, in the distria of the 10th militayin division, and to give all pecessary orders that th.e.,w.rvice may be fully per tor goecl i i,n : brat:loes g4 9E ,F4tsi Fairly of the forces eti4ploye4. l betwajlie,Suppe and the . rtPrPnged in, thdistrict ut the fifte4nth military div-ision agreeably—to .the orders _ which I gave...heJo!P,,„ and, _which. I, trace, lately renewed, to embody,; at ,a moment's no tice, 6000,-choice national guards, to be taken.froiti -the legion it the nc;ighbourhood . of the coast, and ,to be marched to- the, four.-prtucipel points. of ..the coast, .such as Havre, IFecamp, Dieppe, and St. \Ta lery, exclusively of a strong reserve_ destined to march to the point - of attack particularly threatened by the enemy. _ I haVe•also giverr'all necessary orders for the defence:of thc. coast from I-Livre to Bayonne. I shall have the honour to report to hi Majesty the result of. the measures adopted to repUlse the attack on the side of the Scheldt, as soon as the Generals shall set out, on their reports. (Signed) August 23. COUllt HUNEBURG, Minister at War." NAPLES, AUG. 18.—An extraordinary circum stance g,lve much eFiat to the fete celebrated for the birth of the Emperor. On the 15th, in the evening, the Neapolitan fleet, Consisting of a frigate, a cor vette, and about 80 gun-boats, was moored before the city; this disposition had been made - for the salves, which it is customary to fire on this occasion. Four-English fri g ates and about 20 gun-boats, which are cruizing- in hese seas, approached to make art attack at the very moment when his Majesty monnt-, ed his horse to review i 5 or 20,000 . men, assembled on the beach of Chiaja. The King, after having ordered the necessary dispositions for defence, pro ceeded to pass the troops in review. We then en joyed one of the finest of spectacles, but which can only be properly conceived by those who are well acquainted with the situation of the city of Naples. At the setting of the sun, twenty thousand men, drawn up on the shore of Chiaja, were quietly per forming their evolutions, while two or three hund red pieces of artillery thundered over the bay of Naples. An immense multitude of spetiators as sembled on the sea shore to witness the fete, and formed one of the most imposing scenes which can be imagined. 'The pleasure of this spectacle was the greater, as it was ; undisturbed by any fear. The English not daring to approach the forts,' fired at \ a very respeCtfut distance, and it was -so little. likely' that they could do any damage, • that they seetnecl,to be the ships of some friendly nation come to testify by their salutes their participation hi the general joy. They. retired in the nig,ht. Two men only on board a gun -boat were slightly wounded. GOTTENBURGH MAIL. GOTTENBURGH, AUG. 25..— AG American Gen' tletnan, who arrived this morning from Norway, says, that before he left Dramm, news had arrived of the Prince of HESSE having come from Denmark in a fishing boat. It will be recollected that he was some time since appointed to the command of the troops in Norway, and that an application was made to the Court of Stockholm for permission to travel through Sweden, but was refused; he has in conse4 (pence One across the Sleeve. ' aToCKHOLDSi AUG. 2 L—Since the departure of our Ambassodor for Petersburgh, the military opera tions seem to be perfectly at a stand. We have not received the least intelligence either from our army , or naky, - nor has any account reached us of the Russians having. made, or attempted any farther pro gress in their intended invasion of our country.. The last letters froM Algiers state, that in conse quence of the French Government, having had re course to reprisals against the Dey, he has conde scended to set the . French Consul, Dußois 'CHAIN.. vti.e, as well as .all other arrested Frenchmen, at - liberty, and the differences between the two Go vernmenus have been amicably adjusted.—Letters from Kutlboda, near Gefle, advise, that on theith of this month a fleet, composed of six galleys, 36 gun-boats, four bomb-vessels, and about 100 trans ports, arrived there, having pooo land troops on board, which are destined to reinforce our army in West Botbuia.—(Stockfalm daze/ie.) During the bombardment of Flushing, and after the communication with.Cadsand was cnt off, it is said that means were found to convey a letter . from the garrison to the latter place. It was-enclosed in a shell, which, without being tilled with inflammable materials, was discharged Irons a mortar planted on one of the sea batteries. The shell was taken up in Cadsand, and emptied of its contents, which 'were forwarded to Paris. ' The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland has fixed the 15 th of September for his visit td the city of Cork. Upon that day his Grace is to dine with General FLOYD. On the following day the Mayor will have the ho nour of entertaining hit Grace. On the 17th a grand dinner will be given to his Grace by the Merchants and Inhabitants. The next day he dines with the Bishop of Cork after which, his Grace and . Suite take their departure Capt. GOATE, who conveyed his loyal Highness the Duke. of BRUNSWICK OELS to England, in the Mosquito sloop of war, is promoted to the rank of Poit-Captain. A letter from . Gibraltar, dated August 7, says " On the sth inst. his Majesty's ship Kent, Capt. ROGERS, arrived here,. and was immediately put in rigid quarantine, information having Veen received from Alicant of her having been obliged to put in there with 200 of her crew sick with a pestilential, disease on board, which was caught from some French prisoners which the Kent had taken out of a' Frerieh prize from Bona, on the coast of Africa," TwelVe of her crew have died. The Hyperion and, convoy, for Cadiz and England, sail this evening." ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.—A nursery-maid in a gentleman's family, in Paddington-road, Mary-le bone, who is the daughter of a respectable fruiterer, atter having gone out with the children, retired to her bed-rodm, and not answering when called to breakfast, and the door of her chamber being lock ed, the door was forced open, and she was found hanging by the bed post. The body was cut down, and by the assistance of Mr. 'Hawthorne, a surgeon, animation was restored, after the young woman had been. bled, and put into a warm bath. Pregnancy was the cause of the rash atteMpt. SP4 AISII,PAP:p:I?3, „ The Governor of Gerona addressed to the Supreme Junth 'the 4ollowing representation; which , contains mime itnvortant circurii4tances relative to the heroic defence of that place, attacked with so much furyby a'satitntiffarienemy. ;I '-‘ - • - I SEN(;e--I consider it my duty to lay. at, the feet of your Majesty a 'brief gtateinent of the ,Siege and brim bardnient which this. heroic city is suffering, the Go- vernment of which your Majesty has been pleased to confide to me ---'But - as the - detail of these aclions, and. the proofs_ of them would be too voluminous, and' the'pfesent moment i so prefciods, as• well for the exalted cause of your Majesty as for- the klive situation in which . I am placed, I shall . now confine myself to giving to your Majesty a'slight proof of the sentiments Which animate me; and of the state of the place.' This is the 70th day of the siege, the 48th since the trenches, were opened, and. the 33d of in cesSant bombardment ; the castle of Mongevick,which completely commands it at a very short distance, and is its principal defence; has • for thirteen days had a pra&icable breach for a front of 50 men. In this time the enemy had thrown 10,000 bombs and grenades, and the consequence of all this fury has been the re ducing of the houses.to ruins, bnt not to debilitate in arty degree the spirit of their inhabitants, who every day, with increased enthusiasm; and love for the just cause which we defend, run to arms wherever they are required. The garrison, although small, as it scarcely amounted t0'2,500 men, has performed prOdigies of valour, • and in three sorties and two attacks (one of them repeated three times at the breach by the enemy, and repelled with considerable loss), has well mani fested the discipline and courage with which Spaniards fight ; but all these details have doubtless already reached your Majesty through the General of this army, whom I have regularly informed of the whole. Your Majesty, who ever have your paternal anxieties fixed on maintaining the national honour, knows well the great benefits which the inhabitants of this city have rendered to the country. Never, Sire, have I seen their precious enthusiasm extinguished for a mo ment; a thousand times would they have sallied out to seek a glorious death in the field of honour, if their number [lad not rendered it necessarylo restrain them in this critical situation. I have repeatedly represented to the Marquis de Coupigny, theld in command of thisarrny,that he shouldreinforce me with 2000 men at least, .although even then the garrison would barely amount to !mil its complement; but hitherto he tia§ not'ilonet, notwithstanding that i in,proport ion to exigency of circumstances, my instances have been urgent ; the whole of which I think it my dirty to lay before your Majesty, assuring you that this important bulwark of Catalonia will defend itself to the last extremity, and sacrifice itself for our adored . So vereign, Don Ferdinand the Seventh,. whom God, preserve many years, renewing the memory of Nu mantia and Segonturn, rather than bend its neck to the yoke of the Tyrant. I ,have pledged myself to this.effea, at the head of those brave Spaniards, and I now again renew it at the feet of 'your Majesty, assuring you that the enemy shalt enter this city only over ,my dead body. The .subjoined Procla mation * will better. inform. your. Majesty of the sentiments which animate me at ' the feet of your Majesty. MARIANO ALVAREZ, • Gerona, fitly t 6. • , f The Proclalintion referred to is dated the Ist April, when the enemy threatened the' place.. It concludes with imposing the perialry'or death (to be executed immediately) upon, any person, without exceptimi of class, rank, or condi tion, who should have the basenes - s to propose subjeCtion or caPnulation.HGmernment Gazette, Aug. to.) CADIZ, AUG. 13. It is barely possible to imagine a more remarkable: moment than that which hailed the appearance of, -his Excellency the Marquis of Wellesley in thiscoun- • try ; and, as if purposing to enrol- his arrival among -the memorabilia of Spain, Providence seems to have fixed the hour, , w hen overflowing with admiration and gratitude towards his brother, for the signal ser vices Spain and her cause had derived from British • courage and British gallantry, under Sir Arthur's command, on the 28ill of July. The day, ushered' in' by theringing of bells and the dischargeof-cannon, was' closed with a most brilliant and general illurni- , nation, and every other demonstration of joy the i❑- . habitants of Cadiz - could display. To enumerate the honours paid to the Marquis 'would" exceed . the limits of a loiter : his reception was distinguished by marks of enthusiastic love and veneration for the Sovereign and nailer) he is come td,represeut, that assuredly never have been surpass ed, if ever equalled, on any occasion ; and which must have been to his Excellency, individually, a source of proud and gratifying sensation. An im mense concourse of persons, withont distinCtion of ranks, had assembled to meet' the Marquis on his landing, and many were paying him the rather un usual compliment, in . this country, of drawing the carriage, the doors of which were open, the box and every part occupied promiscuously by those eager to greet his arrival. His Excellency seleCted one out of the number, and gave him a purse well stocked with ;, gold to distribute among his fellow citizens: but the honest Spaniard, named Justo Lobalo, by trade a shoemaker,‘ instantly returned the purse, with' its contents, to the 'Marquis; and . . in the 'lathe and amidst the acclarriations of the surrounding multi tude, coupled their thanks fur his intended •princely gift, with the assurance, as an apology for declining it, that the proofs of respect, esteem and gratitude, he was then witnessing, were the genuine and Uni versal sentiment of the whole Spanish nation, whc, found the only reward they could most value - in tlr opportunity of thus manifesting their feelings. The British subjects here, merchants and others,' were of course not behind hand in the attention (We to the Representative of their beloved Sovereign : through"bur worthy and respected Consul, James Duff, Esq. they begged permission to wait on his EXcellency in a-body, by' whom they, were received with affability and urbanity, at once honourable to 'MM . , and flattering to them. On Mondayohe 7th inst. the day fixed upon by the Marquis, the entertainment prepared for his Ex.. cellency was honoured by his presence; that Of his Suite, the heads of the Government, Army, Navy, and other departments, the British Admiral, and other Officers of distinction, the Sicilian Ambassa dor, the Pope's Nuncio, several of the first Grandees; and other Spanish Noblemen,. the principal British . _ 111 . 0rhants, and , others eonneEted in tiro ttll6 o f both cotintcfos,..ltz.o. The dinner.6ll the occasion *:l5 in the mot ctipae cious rbpjn. C,..i(iri - '43 . 4stiidiaffoi di at,tiat•Littid-gate,(r Puerto de ?heat ; and the whole was , cwiducted Ina. manner` that reflects , the. highest credit.on the bagei - K, at the head of .whom_uvere - James Gird Vresident, and Duncan Stiaw, Esq. Vice Two regimental hands', Spanish and Enlisl struck up favourite.airs, - to weiowne the company is they alighted front their carriages. . At half ,past three the table was served, and be tween the removal of the first and the introduct!on of the. second course, the Prc.,ident gave as a toast, which was drank with three times three : " His Excellency the Most -Noble ilie Marquis Wit,. L ESL E Y ;.and may the auspicious moment of his arrival pr, VC the presage of continued SUCECSSCS, . and of perpetual amity , and union between the two countries." His EXcellency, in a concise, b►ut most admirable' speech, took occasion to address the meeting, and concluded by expressing, in 'a tone of energy and confidence ; in wttich every one, present, sy mpat hised,, his firm belief and hope, that a perseverance in •he enthusiastic spirit, of ; ,attachment to their countryi cause, which he had remarked . since his arrival, would afford him the gratification, before be left Spain, of seeing (the liberty of the country firmly established on the basis of their ancient institutions, improved and perfected by the experience of modern Wisdom. * When the dessert was placed, independently of the plateaux, ornaments, and other,devices suited to the day, the table presented a very pleasing, tho:.gh perhaps novel- sight,, to the British eye ; the Ciotti being. decorated with graceful festoons, formed by variegated coloured leaves of different odoriferous flowers, terminating at - each end with the Spanish motto - “ Vivan Fernando Septimo y jorgeVercero.” ( r.) After dinner, the . following toasts were given is succession, in both languages, accompanied with appropriate popular Spanish or English airs, marches, &c. Ferdinand the Seventh, with three times three. George the Third, with three times three. The following were drank with three only The Emperor of Austria, and our other Allies. _ Spain, and may the lien;ic efforts of her brave and loyal people terminate in the complete restoration of her hidependa ence, liberty, and glory. Ells Excellency General Don Cregorio de la Cuesta. • Hii Excellency General Sir Arthur Wellesley. The Archduke Charles of Austria, and success to the Aas trian arms. The Spanish Armies. and their gallant Commanders. • The British Army, and its gallant Cominandeis. • • The British Navy. - - The Spanish Navy—Given by the .Marquis before s'ttitig down. • His Holiness the Pope, and may he be delivered from IN actual state . of bondage, as the Children of Israel were from the land of Egypt. . The Supreme Central Junta of Spain, and may the mears employed by them; to the country in its present proud situation, never tail them until they have accomplished the great end, to which they have . pledged themselves. The Immortal Defenders of Saragossa and Cerona. The Heroes of Ifaj . len. The loyal InlAbitants of the Spanish Colonies, .and pro. sperityto their Commerce and Establishments. The City of Cadiz, the prosperity of. its Commerce, anti 'happiness of its worthy Inhabitants. • - • At about eight in the evening the dinner party withdrew, to prepare for the ball that way to folloAr at the Theatre ; and at which not only the lity, Gentry, Merchants,. watlt aheir I, dies, rcsideth in Cadiz, but 1116 e Qf Puerto Santa 'Maria, hi 4, Xeres, and .every other place Within reach of tlie short notice that could be giver:), were imited. Between three .arid four thousand pe.rsons.atterd ed ;. and until ,sevcu o'clock on.the tiloroing of the Tuesday, the merry dance was kept ,alive wit h that vivacity so peculiar to the Spani3h fair,: at this hour. thehouse was cleared and all retired, highly pleased and in perfedgood humour with each other. . - TitE ,THEATRE,—The Tragedy of George garn. well, which will always have a certain extent of 'popularity, and which is perhaps never represented without some degree of .moral influence, • was last night revived at the Haymarket :Theatre.—Mr. YOUNG made his first ,appearance in the un fortunate hero of the piece,': and stipported ,the charaacr throughout with hip usual god sciise and energy. Mrs. ST. LEGER gave,due force to the Part of liatilwood, and the play, altogether, excited a strong interest. The Theatre iivFs verY well attended, and the audience ,gave the respective performers a due tribute of applause. . . Pors was so successful in his .theatrical trip, to Southampton, that he has been. tempted to vi s i t the Isle of Wight, where he is performing with gleat eclat, • Mr:"KEMBLE, itis understood,' is tospeak an ad dreSs on the openirig . of the neW Theatre'. . He .had himself written one fur' the occasien - , which would doubtless haVe been' charaelerised by classical titste, but Mr. COLMA'N having promised to set. his Muse at work some time ago,, it: would. have been mil gracious to decline his Offer, even it it were not that he will 'produce something spirited, appro priate, and original. • Mrs. SIDDONS ‘ is performing at` Brighton, where ber,brother CHAItLES and his wile cave been soine time, on a the:au - lc& excursion. 'Mrs. JottoAN. proceeds on her theatrical excur sion to LiverpOol'in a' few days. , She is engaged for. fourteen nights ; but the atiraEtion of her talents will rnot probably induce the Managers to detain her a tew _days longer. • We understand Covert-Garden Theatre is - to be lighted by most superb ghss chandeliers, each con taining twelve patent lamps, on a new model, so as to prevent the bad effect Which. generally proceeds 'from the use of oil. The chandeliers are 10 be :fixed to-day, and it is expeeled they will be liglued to-morrow, to 'try their elle& • . • On Saturday se'nnight Lieutenant CRELLINT, of the Oth,. Dragoon Guards, Carabineers, rode his mare, worth a hundred guineas, from the race ground at 'York, to the Saddle Inn, at Leedii,, a distance of, upwards Of 23 miles, in an hour and twenty minutes, inclulling the time taken for a bait on the road. 'On his arrival, this fine generous animal, which was. previously - indisposed, swelled prodtMously, and, after languishing in extreme tor ture for three days add nights, during part of which tiinTihe vas held- up in the st.lb'a by rdlics, ex pired. 'r S'